The Tacoma Arts Commission is seeking professional artists who are willing to open their studios to the public in the seventh annual studio tour during Art at Work Month in November. Studios will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8 and 9. Artists may choose to open on either or both days for the free, self-guided tours. Read more...

Tacoma Art Museum announced its participation in a newly expanded program from Bank of America, offering free museum admission to the bank’s credit, check and ATM cardholders during the first Saturday and Sunday of each month through May 2009. Read more...

A new mural by local artist Janice Wagner will be unveiled on the east wall of the Old Town Music Society Building in Tacoma’s Old Town district at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Read more...

In his first appearance in the Northwest in nearly 10 years, internationally acclaimed artist Chuck Close will speak at the Pantages Theater with poet Bob Holman. The location has been changed from the Rialto Theater, due to wheelchair accessibility for Close. Read more...

NEW YORK – You don’t associate Jeff Probst with traffic gridlock, yowling sirens or office towers crowding the sky. Read more...

There are outrageous and endearing Cameron Diaz romantic comedies, such as “There’s Something About Mary,” and there are middling and forgettable ones, such as “What Happens in Vegas.” Read more...

Love David Mamet. Love him. The repertory company – Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay, David Paymer. The flinty characters living by their “code.” The tricky plotting. The punchy, profane prose that makes him stand out. Read more...

Young Mr. Racer’s movie is out today, and if we’re being honest with ourselves we’ll admit that – revved up by the two-hour speed-laced adrenaline boost – we’ll probably drive home a little bit faster than we’re supposed to. Read more...

Into the void speeds “Speed Racer.” It’s a brightly colored void, pulsing with primary colors: garish red garments, shocking blue skies and dazzling green lawns, not to mention gleaming white of a certain iconic race car. Read more...

Helen Hunt looks haggard in “Then She Found Me.” She looks like a soul under siege. Read more...

You saw it in “Monsoon Wedding.” You might have seen it in “Bride and Prejudice.” Now, at last – Bhangra has hit mainstream Tacoma. Read more...

If the high-def movie version of the low-tech Japanese TV cartoon “Speed Racer” makes you hungry for something meatier (see Soren Andersen’s review elsewhere in GO), or if cruising the South Sound’s auto-themed entertainment venues revs your appetite (see today’s SoundLife section), here are some eateries with automotive themes – from ribs, microbrews and big-screen NASCAR races in a Lacey brewpub to hot dogs served across the back end of a ’68 Camaro in downtown Tacoma. Read more...

Swedish pop star Robyn is on the verge of conquering the world for a second time. But this time it’s on her terms. Read more...

You Can’t Take it with You,” the classic comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, is being performed by Paradise Theatre in Gig Harbor. It is a joyful play that evokes an endless stream of belly laughs as a huge cast of eccentric characters interact in a madcap manner with so many plots and subplots and sight gags that it would be hard to keep up were it not for director Jeff Richards’ skillful timing and blocking. Read more...

The two things Pearl Django fans want to know most are “Where are they playing?” and “When is the next album coming out?” Read more...